Well, who won the Democratic debate? Did anything or any one change your mind? How did the Democrats do as compared to the Republicans? Who, among all of these throngs, would you vote for? Who would you definitely not vote for? After the jump, some
Well, who won the Democratic debate? Did anything or any one change your mind? How did the Democrats do as compared to the Republicans? Who, among all of these throngs, would you vote for? Who would you definitely not vote for? After the jump, some
Playboy Magazine, which was a major player in the sexual revolution, has announced that it will no longer publish photographs of nude women. (more…)
The very post about how we would liveblog the Democrats attracted so many comments that I thought we’d start fresh. The live blog will be here. I’ll comment in the “comments,” and you do the same.
The Scandinavian countries are often called among the most secular in the world, with researchers citing the low rate of weekly church attendance (only 3% in Denmark). But what goes on in the state churches is only part of the story of Christianity in northern
The Democratic presidential candidates will hold their first debate tonight on CNN at 8:30 ET. The participants will be Hillary Clinton, entitled and irked and pressured to project a better image; Bernie Sanders, the geriatric socialist; Martin O’Malley, the governor and rock guitarist; Lincoln Chaffee,
Today’s politics rely a great deal on polls. The problem is, election polling–which has had some spectacular failures lately–is faced with two huge problems: (1) Cell phone usage has shot up, to the point that 47% of the population no longer has a land line.
We’re back from our two-week sojourn in Denmark and Norway. We had a very good time, my presentations seem to have gone over well, and I learned a lot. I’ll be posting about the religious scene in Scandinavia and some of our adventures in the
A Spanish site linked to my post of long ago on the forensic research that reconstructed what St. Nicholas looked like. The site includes renditions (unfortunately without links to the original sources) of nine other historical figures who received the same treatment, including Copernicus, Dante,
Yes, the government is compiling all kinds of information about us, but that would surely never be used against anybody, such as a political opponent. Tell that to Congressman Kevin McCarthy who was set to succeed John Boehner as House Majority Leader. Suddenly, out of
Today is Columbus Day, remembering how Christopher Columbus landed in the “New World” on October 12, 1492. This has become controversial. For the people who were already here–the native Americans whom Columbus named “Indians”–the notion that this European “discovered” America is offensive, especially since Columbus’s
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